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The City of Phoenix Information Technology Services Department (ITS) provides enterprise-wide IT and supports departments' business solutions. Our business is in the City of Phoenix, which means the work our IT professionals do helps to improve lives of residents, businesses, and visitors to Phoenix! The Information Technology Services department is seeking a Communications Engineer to join the Telecommunications Infrastructure team. The Communications Engineer position is responsible for engineering and maintenance activities for the City's enterprise communications network, which include design, implementation, configuration, and advanced support of the City's communications cabling infrastructure. This position performs advanced technical analysis and evaluation of network hardware, manages carriers and projects, supports programs, and manages vendors to successfully support the City's extensive fiber optic and copper networks. The ITS department seeks an individual experienced in the design, installation, and administration of outside plant (OSP) and inside plant (ISP) Layer 1 infrastructure environments. The Communication Engineer role will perform technical analysis and evaluation of LAN/WAN environments; telecommunications; wireless and RF communications; datacenter; or other networks. Other responsibilities and duties include: Managing large communications projects including preparing and reviewing detailed final construction plans for specifications, special conditions, agreements, and instructions. Reviewing final plans, specifications, projects scope of work, special conditions, and agreements. Directing and inspecting the work of contractors and crews. Overseeing the City's fiber optic backbone within the public right of way. Coordinating utility conflict resolution and partnership collaboration during system planned improvements and unplanned connectivity issues. Creating intergovernmental agreements with specific language to address infrastructure partnerships/relationships for installation and maintenance within jurisdictional right of way. Managing and maintaining emergency restoration of the City's right of way underground communications utility. Administering infrastructure asset management data within SAP PM and ESRI ArcGIS platforms. Executing other responsibilities as requested by leadership.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
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